Show SCIENTIFIO MISCELLANY lul < luro Cn u 11 0 rrl u J u 10 II I r lu dT 1UrlIo r tonUIou I CoI o 0 b After a careful study cf most of the lf propelled carriages from Ihe earl cst times to the present day Sir David Salomons conclude that steam is much the most suitable and advantageous motte power In England clectilc energy for carriages canmt be calculated at less than jd per horsepowir hour md l accumulators mist be frequently re charged with considerable loss in IIseles travel unless charging stations ire to be lound throughout the locality The cost of benzine gas would be about a fourth as great for the same power ilearn Irom retroeum fuel at 61 per gallon costing about the same ns the gas The best existing motor mo-tor the world 1 has > ct seen for its poner method ol fuelling suspension springs and traveling lojg distances before n barglng Is one which Is f likely lo remain re-main with us for nuny a long ear to come whatever niitv be ths future de iopmentol motor traffic It II kno nand n-and loved by all under the name of the horse The actual cfl cts of deforestation upon climate are not rlefin tely known ft although liees ate believed to rxcrt a marked mil lIce In his recent lecture on Kunlelry Dr Ull iam Crooks mentioned men-tioned that over a million trees have been cut down tu euipiy the diamond mines and the ccoiatr within a radius ol too miles has been denuded ol wocd The Ircquent iluu tornn of summer ore among the Injurious tHecti supposed to have been thin caused Anthropobgists have ascertained tint the Andaman Islanders the smallest race ol peep in toe wtrld average less than lour leet in height while lew ol Ihem wdgh mote thai aevcntjfive pounds A new speaking tube lor steamers hs Ihe pip IIIulal ll > y a wlel loof lex tile covering which makes it easy to hear speech in th engine room from a dbtanctfol 300 Let Extraordinary ixptclalicns scm to have been built upon a new variety of asphalt locally known as Miinjik wmch wai not loug ago found in are quamites el In lhrtadot It tx sU t near Hii surl < tce ol f the ground m I scams from one to two feet thick It ii supposed lo hive been lormed l by the driolt upand consolidation of petroleum whch occurs oc-curs with it and wmle Its eomposlllon is viry sum ar to that ol Trinidad pitch the U ah uiutahite or glliun te um the Canadai ilberlUclt is chimed l to at superior to these in quality It even rvals the Egyptian asphaltum The maiethl has ben kuccessfally us d for elecirc iisuatlon for fine varnishes for paving concrete for fjel with peat or other organic matter anJ for enriching i coal gas The prediction U made that it will ev < n supulint rubber in all waterproof water-proof work The invest gallons cf M Meguln have now mad it poslblc to determine with great precision tne time 01 dealh ol a person by nming the bacteria presort in the body IIn has conclusively proven I Ihit the successive fcrm < uHayn arrive m the sime order from Ih time of death to that of comp etc integraiion of the bOllYo fact that has been shown by everal hlerllnl eutCple3 to be cf gra pracdcal value The director of tho gaiworks at Alt Icsllalrs France htt perfected a simple Uttm of nulcmitically Hg tlngard ex nguMiinc CBS jet Irom my di lance 1he turner Is I closed 1 by a sleel plate h ch Is magnellz d nJ drawn nslde whllo an electric currcnl is I pissing iroush II the escuphg gas being Ignited Ig-nited eilher by a spark Irom the pUte or the Ircandesccnce of a Ltblc material The plat falls back over the burner ou being dcmagne > lzd Frtm rccordi extending back to 1689 M Cammllle riammanon finds that the ainlall of Paris has gndjally increased about three Inches being nov a little more than twcnltiuo lochei a year The amount of difference scms to indi atclbat the increase I < red and not due to grealer accuracy ol obieivatioa Evidence of Ihe comp exily of cathode ays li I found by M II Delandres the acl that when a ray ii turned aside by a i neighboring b dy it Is divide J Into evjral unequally deviated rays Nnseas discovery of a deep Arctic bisln Ins suggesfu lo M de Sappa rent tlat the real slnpe of Ihe earth may be that of n lop nith Ihe Soulh pole as Us spinning p I ml This theory results from con I lerin thit Ihe area we may row assign 10 Ihe Arctic ocean I ilmost the sime as that given by lIlurray to the Antarctic coullnent about i isoua sruarc miles while the deplhs observed by Nmscn correspond cor-respond in order of magnitude to the eights observed by Rosi Such a sup osilon it Ii added would tend to rec ncilc the I slight dlllcrenccs I of aslrono iers and geodeststs as to the ratio ot the polar and equatorial diameters The latter base their value cf the poar not lenirg i 394 upon measuicmenU t made almost entirely In 3a northern htmls phere and the value obtained by M Tisserand Irom Ihe prccesion ol Ihe equinoxes 1297 may prove sensibly el rf oOeUI 29Zcc conect if the ellcct of a south polar protuberance upon the fjim ol the sea iurface er is consicircd A supply ol fprig water nt Kiel Ger nany is < o strongly clnrged with iron a is lo be unsalable use To Improve It the authorities firit came it lo traverse tra-verse n system of metallic channels nnd ca cadcs Ihen to pass through a bed of coke len feet thick and finally thtoneh sand fillers each ibout sixtvfive i ftet long and fortynine i feel wide fie e i nnlhl ing all Iron leaving the water imoh iecliomble In color laitc and smell The bed of coke is divided into eleht compartmnt which are wahd free frem Iron once n week bv Isolallng a r tr ral are cleansed 1 bvtl repiacicg a thin upper layer with clean sand Darwins view thit the human beard is I a hereditary remnant of animal growtli it I directly opposed by A nnndt This writer believes that It has been acquired in mans development and that the occasional beard of wo nen ii prophetic of a coming time htn all women will be bearded Growing pains are n myth say Dr Irvinz S Ha nes The in1Y mean Potts disease of the spine and l the Ig orant or lizy doctor does not find it OUl until the limp or Ihe hump on the back appear 111 1oan Of cornno there n romance In my life aseutcd Froiiicr when It was intimated in-timated that there w ni nothing cfremi meut iu hit cornpoHition I felt when I saw her tis she or noun on earth d Ifl what Schiller wrote In his Drldo ot Jlessina That Is exactly ex-actly what I felt vvhra I met tho worn au of ruyromance Nobodycan dcsGribo I > woman You can rae nbout ber clisslo fcatareH her epeikiuK eyes her neck like a pillar of marble touched with life tho graceful psycho knot that eho twists to n crown of beauty and nil tint kind of rant but after it Is done you can meet tho woman nnd not know licr When I era piclnro u fOUl Ill so into the business Of conrso I win yonng when I mother mot-her Othtrvviso I would havo shown romo slight imitation of sense and surrendered sur-rendered by degrees Lore ut first eight is not uncommon but it Is restrained by a eciiEo of propriety by prido or by some other modifying influence Every forco in my boiuR was operative All impelled me to fall in love There vv ns no check uuil I fell to Iho very depths She refused me very prettily and very properly I naked her if I could cherish no hope intimitlng that to dc jiriv mo of hopo would bo immediately fatal Sho gav o mo n cry ecint allow nnco Then I went proudly away to win a fortune that I might lay It nt her feet M nn additional inducement In four ycara I rctnrucl The woman w as there just na I had left her but not my ideal While I vv us trying for moral strength tuongh to recall uiy vows cho was inus teriiiK courngo sallioieut to tell mo bow bo-w engaged 1 to another man She spoke first Then I was no mud at tho other fellow whom I should havo blessed that I iuiiEted slID had broken my heart Detroit Trca Ircia Jlarryinii Jlalo ricuant All Gretna Green justices oro not as frank ns ia I E O liobcrts of L peer Mich Sqalro ItolKrta ho is I n 1 justice of tho peaco according to his etatiou cry makes n most cindid 1 bid for matrimonial mat-rimonial lee Ills letter heads aro in themselves studies in open faced hon i sty of declaration nnd if thrro Is nny yeirning couj lo iu Iho neighborhood lot Lapcer that eouplo certainly yearns without cause for tho justice makes plain proclamation of Ills pnrposo A letter head of hii tent hlthor by ou ad tolrer of hhwayof nnnoniicingbiinaclf Is decorated with a half tone portrait of tho jfdgo a Eoldicrlylookiug fellow vho probably ufcd to be nn auctioneer aid under tho cut is tho designation I Tho original nnd only exclusively matrimonIal magistrate Close beside and primal in cunulutf little letters U this nllurluff btntcmcnt Olllco at tho elevator or First National bank parlors or whcrev cr most conv euieut to BVV ains nnd below a further as < rtion is A lino lino of high railo brhlcsmaldj nnd 1 groomsmen consluntlyon hand to assist In the fccrvlco HoroaroEoaio other so lections from tho most remarkable letter let-ter head JIaniipcs colemnized promptly accurately ac-curately anil eloquently ljlaiu ccrcmo uy ligal fee escalation extra iiopcui > nt a specialty Night calls nusvv crcd ithont extra charge Con uHlIou Inc Certainly it matrimony languishes in Michigan it ia not tho fault of advertising adver-tising or of Judgo Helens Chicago l1tcortl |